Sanssouci

Sanssouci (French "without cares") is the Palace and surrounding Park built in Potsdam, Germany by Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. He lived and kept his court here for some forty years. The Sanssouci Palace itself was built between 1745 and 1747; Voltaire once stayed there. The audience chamber with its numerous fine paintings, the extensive library, beautiful gardens, the great fountain, and the statue of Frederick the Great make the site especially remarkable.

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A number of other palaces and sites are also part of Sanssouci, including the Neues Palais (New Palace) built in the late eighteenth century in imitation of the Versailles Palace.

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Together with other palaces and related sites in the Berlin area, Sanssouci is a UNESCO World Heritage Site http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=532.

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Fountain and Stairway of the Sanssouci Castle in Potsdam Brandenburg Germany	Reception for the Duke of York in Sanssouci C.1785	Frederick the Great Entertaining Voltaire at Sanssouci Germany	Construction of the Terraces at Schloss Sanssouci 1747
The Flute-Concert of Friedrich II in Sanssouci	View of the Old Market and the Front Gate of the Schloss Sanssouci 1773	King Frederick II of Prussia and the Marquis of Argens Inspecting the Construction of Sanssouci